Garbage-press.



H. A. WILLIAMSON.

GARBAGE PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV..I0, ISI-5.

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HENRY A. WILLIAMSON, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARBAGE-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une` 13, 1916.

Application filed November 10, 1915. Serial No. 60,634.

To all whom t may concern:

vBe it known that I, HENRY A. WILLIAM- soN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inv Garbage- Presses, of which the following is declared to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to presses for use in compressing fruits, vegetables and other food commodities, garbage and many other substances, and its principal object is to provide a simple, practical and eflicient press, which may be supported on a wall or other vertical surface, and having a plunger carried by a swinging support, lwhich may be moved from a position, when the plunger is maintained in coaxial alinement with the compression chamber, to one at the side thereof, whereby access may be readily had to said chamber for the purpose of depositing material into the same.

Another' object 1s to provide hinged ver-V tical walls for the compression chamber', whereby the compressed material may be readily removed therefrom.

Another object is to provide means for draining away water or other liquid, which is forced out of the compressed material.

Other objects and advantages will readily appear in the course of this specification, and with said objects and advantages in view this invention consists in the several novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated V,in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1, is a front elevation of a press embodying a simple form of the present invention; Fig. 2, is a vertical section taken on-line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, is a plan of the press, and Fig. 4, is a horizontal section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

In the embodimentrof the invention illustrated in said drawing, 10, designates a supporting frame, comprising 'a vertical base plate 11, having screwor bolt holes 12, for the reception of the screws or bolts which fasten the device to its support. Extending forward from said plate 11, is a table or shelf 13, which has a raised portion 14, near its forward end, which forms one end of the compression chamber; the upper face of the face ofthe cylindrical wall at its lower end.

Each semicylindrical wall section 16, has upper and lower rearwardly extending lugs or ears, 17, secured theretoor cast integral therewith, the lower lugs or ears resting on the table 13, and supporting the wall section; vertical pivot pins 18, extend through a forwardly projecting bracket 19, of the frame, through the ears 17, and into the table 13, where they may beV secured in place, as for instance by being threaded on their lower ends andscrewed into threaded holes in the upper side of the table.` To the front of one semicylindrical `wall section 16, are pivotally secured latches 20, 20, which are arranged to hook over lugs or hooks 20a, 20a,

which project out from the front of the other semicylindrical wall section. Access may be had to the compression chamber by unfastening the latches from the hooks andV swinging the semicylindrical wall sections back as shown in Fig. 4, and this is done when the contents are to be removed from the compression chamber.

Above the compression chamber is a plunger supporting arm 21, in the'forward end of which is mounted the screw threaded stem 22, of a plunger 23, which fits the bore of the cylinder andis movable up and down therein.l On the'upper end of said screw threaded stem 22, is a hand wheel, 24,'for use in turning the stem, and if desired said hand wheel may have an upstanding handle 24t Y Aby means of which the wheel may be turned.

The arm 21, is pivotally mounted between l,forwardly projecting brackets 25, 26, formed on the plate 11, and for securing the arm 21,

-tothe brackets 25, 26, I employ two pins 27,

27, which are inserted through registering holes in the brackets and arm, there being one pin ateach side ofthe middle of the brackets. When both pins 27, are in place the arm is held in position with the plunger in coaxial alinement with the cylindrical compression chamber, but by withdrawing either pin the arm, together with the plunger (when withdrawn from the compression chamber) may be swung to one side of the same, thereby uncovering the chamber so that material to be compressed may beinserted therein. The retracted position of the arm and plunger is shown in dotted lines in F ig. 1. An abutment member 28, is formed on the plate or arm for taking up the strain when the plunger is screwed down hard; said abutment member is here shown as formed on the base plate 11, and projecting forward over the arm, 21.

In use the two semicylindrical wall sections of the compression chamber are secured together by the latches at the front thereof, the plunger raised out of the chamber, one of the pins 27, removedr and the arm and plunger swung to one side, thus uncovering the chamber. Material to be compressed may be deposited in the compression chamber, and, if the press is used as a garbage press, it may be supported over a kitchen sink so that the liquid discharged from the compression Vchamber may drain into the sink. After the compression chamber has been illed or partially filled, the plunger carrying arm 21, is swung over the chamber and the removed pin inserted in the registering perforations in the brackets 25, 2G, and arm 21. rhe hand wheel 24, may now vbe turned in the proper direction to lower the stem and plunger, and the latter thereby forced down upon the material in the compression chamber, thus compressing it into a compact mass, and at the same time forcing the greater part of the water or other liquid contained therein out through the perforations in the cylindrical wall, from which it runs into the trough in the table, and finally drains out through the spout.

When it is desired to remove the compressed material, the two semicylindrical wall sections are unlatched from each other and swung back, thus exposing the contents,

which may be lifted olf the raised part of the table. If desired a plate 30 (see Fig. 2) may be placed upon said raised part of the table to receive the contents of the compression chamber, and said plate will furnish convenient means for carrying the compressed'material away from the press.

Obviously, fruit, vegetables or other food commodities may be pressed in a press embodying the present invention and the juices, pressed out of the food may be gathered in a suitable vessel supported below the spout. Various alterations and modifications of this Ypress may be made without departing from the spirit of this invention; Idesire, therefore, not to limit myself to the-exact form of construction shown and described but intend in the following claims to point out all of the invention disclosed herein.

Y 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: l. A press of the class described, comprising in combination, a supporting frame formed with an outstanding table having a raised portion which forms an end wall of a compression chamber, a divided side wall surrounding and eXtending upward from said raised portion, the sections of said wall being movable away from each other for access to the compression chamber, a vertically reciprocatory plunger movable into and out of said compression chamber, plunger actuating means, and a horizontally swinging support for said plunger, pivotally mounted on said supporting frame, said swinging support being capable of movement toward either side of the supporting frame, whereby the plunger may be bodily shifted out of co-aXial alinement with the compression chamber.

2. A press of the class described, comprising in combination, a supporting frame formed with an outstanding table having an annular groove in its upper face and a spout leading therefrom, a compression chamber side wall, extending upward from said table, a reciprocatory plunger movable into and out of said compression chamber, a screw threaded stem carrying said plunger, in which said stem is threaded, and an arm, pivotally supported on said frame by two pivot pins, there being one pin at each side of the frame, whereby, when either pivot pin is withdrawn, the arm and therewith the plunger may be swung to one side of the frame to afford access to the compression chamber.

3. A press of the class described, comprising in combination, a supporting frame formed with an outstanding table, an upright divided cylindrical wall extending up therefrom and inclosing a compression chamber, the two sections of said divided wall being pivotally secured to said supporting frame and having latches for securing them together, a vertically reciprocatory plunger movable into and out of said compression chamber, a screw threaded stem carrying said plunger, a supporting arm in which said stem is threaded, and a pivotal connection between said arm and frame upon which said arm, and therewith the stem and plunger, may be swung from the compression chamber, and an abutment member eX- tending out from said frame above said arm, against which said arm abuts when the plunger is screwed down against the contents of the compression chamber.

4. A press of Vthe class described,fcomprising in combination, a supporting frame formed with an outstanding table, having a raised portion, a trough surrounding said raised portion and a spout leading Yfrom said trough, an upright divided, cylindrical wall surrounding. said raised portion and extending up therefrom, the two sections of which are pivotally supported on said frame on vertical pivots and capable of being swung apart to expose the interior thereof, a vertically reciprooatory plunger movable into and out of the chamber formed by said cylindrical wall, a screw threaded stem carrying said plunger, a horizontally movable arm in which said stein is threaded, mounted on said frame on a vertical pivot whereby said arm and therewith the stem and plun-A ger may be swung away from the cylindrical wall, means for stationarily securing said arm in place with the plunger in co-axial alinement with the chamber of said cylindrical wall and an abutment member extending out from said frame above said arm, against which said arm abuts when the plunger is screwed down against the contents of the compression chamber.

5. A press of the class described, comprising in combination, a supporting frame formed with an outstanding table having a raised portion, a trough surrounding said raised portion and a spout leading there-k from, a perforated cylindrical wall surrounding said raised portion and extending up therefrom and movably supported on said frame, a plunger movable into and out of the chamber formed by said cylindrical wall, plunger actuating means including a horizontally movable arm pivoted on said frame and capable of being swung, together with the plunger, to one side of the cylinder, and an abutment member extending out from said frame above said arm, against which said arm abuts when the plunger is screwed down against the contents of the compression chamber.

6. A press of the class described, comprising in combination, a supporting frame,

formed with an outstanding table, a divided cylindrical wall extending up therefrom and movably supported on said frame, a plunger movable into and out of the chamber formed -by said cylindrical wall, a screw threaded stem carrying said plunger, a hand wheel on said stem, a horizontally movable arm in which said stem is threaded, and two vertically extending retractable pivot pins, one at leach side of the frame, pivotally connecting said arm with the frame at two places, whereby said arm may be swung away from its fixed position in either direction by withdrawing one pivot pin.

7 A press of the class described, comprising in combination, a supporting frame formed with an outstanding table, a divided,

perforated cylindrical wall extending up therefrom, each section of said wall having Copies oi this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ot Patents,

Washington, D. C." 

